Thursday, February 16, 2012

101 Reasons Why I Love Movies

A few days ago Quint from aintitcoolnews.com proposed a chain letter for all movie fans to write out their reasons for why they love film. As a hack, two bit, wanna be critic, I find it fitting to add my two cents of why I love film:

Because of the look on the warden’s face when he finds Andy Dufresne’s escape hole.
Because of Freddy Krueger’s fifteen foot long arms.
Because Vader was Luke’s father all along.
Because we’ll always have Paris.
Because the Goonies taught me it was alright to be a kid.
Because the Terminator gave John Connor a thumbs up.
Because of Popeye Doyle.
Because of Butch saving Marsellus Wallace.
Because it’s not the years, it’s the mileage.
Because of the noise that the TARDIS makes.
Because of Viggo Mortenson replacing Stuart Townsend as Aragorn.
Because Hellboy gets the girl in the end.
Because of ECTO-1.
Because of the Drunken Samurai.
Because of Doc Brown inventing time travel after hitting his head on a toilet while hanging a clock.
Because the cries of a baby stopped a war in Children of Men.
Because of Ferris Bueller getting away with it.
Because the force is my ally, and a powerful ally it is.
Because Shaun’s got red on him.
Because of Michael Corleone standing guard outside his father’s hospital room.
Because of the Mexican standoff in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Because of flying monkeys.
Because of James Stewart’s pleas in front of Congress.
Because of the Wolverines.
Because of Wolverine.
Because of Bill Paxton in Aliens.
Because of how the Predator looked.
Because there’s no fate but what we make for ourselves.
Because of Shadow making it home with a limp.
Because of the trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Because of Roger’s zombification scene in Dawn of the Dead.
Because of Sam Raimi’s camerawork.
Because the Maltese Falcon was a fake.
Because Jack Sparrow was an Anti-Hero.
Because of Simon finally telling Kaylee what he thinks about her.
Because of the Joker’s magic trick.
Because Kumar had an abusive relationship with a bag of weed.
Because of Rooster Cogburn… both of them.
Because David Spritz’s eulogy of his father was “When I think of my father, I think of Like a Rock by Bob Seger…”
Because Robocop had a huge ass gun in his leg.
Because Mr. Pink doesn’t tip.
Because of the missile launch in The Rock.
Because Buzz and Woody became best friends.
Because of Paul Giamatti in Sideways.
Because of Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man.
Because of Paul Giamatti in Shoot em’ Up.
Because of Paul Giamatti in American Splendor.
Because of Paul Giamatti.
Because of Colonel Hans Landa.
Because Iron Man was created out of desperation.
Because Bruce Willis was dead all along.
Because a light that burns twice as bright lasts half as long.
Because Peter Parker was, and always will be a nerd.
Because of Quatto.
Because of Bruce Campbell’s chainsaw arm.
Because Indy shot the sword fighter.
Because of when John McClane threw C4 down an elevator shaft.
Because of Bela Lugosi as Dracula.
Because of Harry Potter out-flying a dragon.
Because of Maverick finding his nerves again.
Because of the theme for the Ark of the Covenant giving me goose bumps whenever I hear it.
Because of Winston digging Jesus’ style.
Because we’re gonna need a bigger boat.
Because of Ellen Ripley.
Because of Anton Shigurh’s silenced shotgun and air gun.
Because I can watch ten Meryl Streep movies and swear I was watching ten different actresses.
Because of the Witch-King’s screams.
Because the Bride gets her daughter back.
Because of Jaws… the shark AND the henchman.
Because if the Reavers catch us, they’ll rape us to death, eat us, and wear our skins as clothing… and if we’re very, very lucky, they’ll do it in that order.
Because of Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice.
Because of the Batmoblile.
Because Fredo broke Michael’s heart.
Because where we’re going, we don’t need roads.
Because of Lando Calrissian.
Because of the trailer for Inception.

Because Gore Verbinski refused to fire Johny Depp from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Because of Tom Cruise climbing the Dubai tower in real life.
Because of the final line in There Will Be Blood.
Because of the musical styles of Two Steps From Hell.
Because of Tony Montana’s little friend.
Because of Dan Akroyd in Grosse Pointe Blank.
Because of Yvaine telling Tristan that she loved him while he was a mouse.
Because of the way they caught Jerry Lundegaard.
Because I believed in Harvey Dent.
Because Truman Burbank questioned his life.
Because of the Cone of Shame.
Because this is Bat Country.
Because HAL told Michael he was sorry.
Because of the commentary track for Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn.
Because of Ron Burgundy ‘s suits.
Because Boo Radley saved the day.
Because of The Pumpkin King.
Because of Mr. Incredible getting back in shape.
Because of Bluto’s face when they drop the booze.
Because I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.
Because of Deep Focus.
Because Roy Batty didn’t want to be forgotten.
Because of the War Room Scene from Dr. Strangelove.
Because of Oscar Schindler’s final regrets.
Because of Will Munny losing his s**t in the bar.

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